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Milltown Mel, a groundhog who has for years offered his weather predictions on Groundhog Day, has died, his handlers say. They say Mel "recently crossed over the rainbow bridge" — and their The New Jersey celebrity has "crossed over the rainbow bridge," his wranglers said in announcing his death. Latest. U.S. L.A. Wildfires predicting 6 more weeks of winter on Groundhog Day 00:54 Milltown Mel, one of New Jersey's weather-predicting groundhogs, died Sunday — just days before the big annual ceremony. His death was announced on the groundhog's official Facebook page. It Because of Milltown Mel's sudden death and the inability to recruit a new groundhog to make Mel's 2022 prediction, Milltown Mel's annual Feb. 2 prediction ceremony has been canceled. Groundhog Day festivities continue. Despite the death of Fred, the Groundhog Day festivities went on in Val-d'Espoir, as Blondin said Fred would have wished for a child to take his place in The Second Chances Wildlife Center shared on social media that their beolved weather-predicting groundhog, Major, died on Groundhog Day. The center shared that his death was not a surprise, as Milltown Mel’s Groundhog Day appearance canceled for 5th year in a row COVID-19 shut down festivities in 2021, and then the untimely death of Mel just a week before the 2022 event, put a stop to MILLTOWN, New Jersey (WABC) -- One of New Jersey's most beloved weather predicting groundhogs is dead, just days before Groundhog Day. According to a post on Milltown Mel's Facebook page, he The most publicized death suffered by a ceremonial groundhog occurred in 2014 when former New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio fumbled Staten Island Chuck, days before the 10-month-old animal’s Major, a groundhog at the Second Chances Wildlife Center in Bullitt County, predicted an early spring a few days before dying on Groundhog Day, Feb, 2, 2024. The magical rise and soul-crushing fall of Groundhog Day in small-town N.J. Published: Jan. 30, 2025, 7:00 a.m. Mel’s death put a national spotlight on little Milltown. The observance of Groundhog Day in the United States first occurred in German communities in Pennsylvania, according to known records. The earliest mention of Groundhog Day is an entry on February 2, 1840, in the diary of James L. Morris of Morgantown, in Pennsylvania Dutch Country, according to the book on the subject by Don Yoder. This was a Renée Laurendeau, a spokesperson for the annual Groundhog Day event, who describes herself as Fred's press agent, said everyone in the crowd was shocked to learn of the rodent's death. But he had Home of Punxsutawney Phil in the Weather Capital of the World. The Punxsutawney Groundhog Club invites to to celebrate Groundhog Day! Groundhog Day has a rich history based on a deeper meaning; it speaks to the triumph of spring over winter—and birth over death. Again, note the appearance of light over dark with the appearance of candles and dawn—and, of course, the spiritual light of a holier presence. It's Groundhog Day if it had been conceived as a sci-fi action movie instead of a romantic comedy. Reply reply More replies More replies. Happy Death Day The Stormfax Almanac has made note of the weather conditions on each Groundhog Day since 1999; the almanac has recorded 12 incidents in a 20-year span in which the Inner Circle said the groundhog saw his shadow while the sky was cloudy or there was rain or snow coming down, and in one case said the groundhog did not see his shadow despite Groundhog Day, in the United States and Canada, day (February 2) on which the emergence of the groundhog from its burrow is said to foretell the weather for the following six weeks. In the United States the most popular event occurs in Pennsylvania and centers on a groundhog designated Punxsutawney Phil. Groundhog Day is a 1993 fantasy comedy film directed by Harold Ramis from a screenplay by him and Danny Rubin, and starring Bill Murray.Known for massively popularizing the time loop trope (to the extent that it's referred to on this site as the "Groundhog Day" Loop), cementing its namesake day into the modern lexicon as a stand-in for an unpleasant, repetitive situation, and serving as a 1993 - Columbia Pictures releases the movie, "Groundhog Day," starring Bill Murray.In the years following the release of the movie, crowds numbering as high as 30,000 have visited Gobbler's Knob
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